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Sea ice, icebergs, Arctic, Antarctic, Polar shipping, climate change
Ottawa, Canada
Joined March 2018
Less than a week until applications close for our Senior Operations Manager position. Don't miss out on your dream job! https://t.co/nirL30jBQb ©️ @wikstrom_photography
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Six things we learnt on the Polar Science Trials - British Antarctic Survey
bas.ac.uk
The Polar Science Trials are over, everyone has gone home (or are off on their next adventure), and now it’s time to reflect on a successful expedition.
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Crewless container ships appear on the horizon - BBC News
bbc.com
Autonomous container ships are undergoing trials with crewless voyages planned in the next two years.
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See the Executive Summary report from the 23rd meeting of the Int’l Ice Charting Working Group at https://t.co/bcpjePSqcD.
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Argentina por primera vez es sede de la 23º Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo Internacional en Cartografía de Hielo
argentina.gob.ar
El Servicio de Hidrografía Naval (SHN) -dependiente del Ministerio de Defensa- es el organismo responsable de la organización de la 23º Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo Internacional en Cartografía de
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The International Ice Charting Working Group @iicwg wrapped up its 23rd annual meeting in Buenos Aires. Great strides forward for maritime safety in polar and sub-polar waters. Press release at https://t.co/dWR9tTdP9a
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My PhD student #icetianli has just published her Antarctic grounding zone dataset at NSIDC. Find out all about this valuable new product here: https://t.co/JRS18u4TyQ
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Happy Dragon is one of three ships working for the Australian Antarctic Program this season, along with icebreakers Nuyina and Aiviq.
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#AISspotted Russian #icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn leaving Murmansk for "Arctic 21". Russia had planned a major scientific expedition to the Arctic in 2020, but that was postponed due to COVID. Could this be it? https://t.co/2FI1yGJb1j
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Did you know? Ice analysts at the Canadian Ice Service produce daily image analysis charts to support safe #ice navigation! These charts typically contain more detail than our daily ice analysis charts and are issued in near real time! #seaice #Arctic @WMO @SmartICE_Arctic
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Eighteen-year record of circum-Antarctic landfast-sea-ice distribution allows detailed baseline characterisation and reveals trends and variability https://t.co/y967zmkJgQ
tc.copernicus.org
Abstract. Landfast sea ice (fast ice) is an important though poorly understood component of the cryosphere on the Antarctic continental shelf, where it plays a key role in atmosphere–ocean–ice-sheet...
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JUST ADD ICE 🧊 Direct from the bridge and engine room of RSV Nuyina, hear about the power of Australia's new icebreaker, and see the #Antarctic ship put through its paces. Read more 💪 https://t.co/uoAdhxQWW3
#Nuyina 🗣 'noy-yee-nah' @sercoaspac
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We zoomed in and found the @CoastGuardCAN Amundsen on #sentinel2 #satellite 🛰️ imagery navigating through #ice in the high #arctic. Amazing being able to spot the Canadian red and white icebreaker ⛴️ from a satellite 780km from earth! #seaice #icebreaking #EarthObservation
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The 22nd annual meeting of the @iicwg was held successfully by videoconference for the second year in a row. See the Exec Summary at https://t.co/40Fz4PASpo.
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While Yamal is crossing the Laptev Sea, 50 Let Pobedy is heading to the North Pole with tourists and Arktika is drydocked for repairs in Kronstadt. Every other nuclear-powered #icebreaking ship ever built is in Murmansk (and two new ones have been launched in Saint Petersburg).
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November 1979 - July 2021 Mr. Christopher Szorc has dedicated most of his life for service to our nation. Thank you for your service Chris. You will be missed. Enjoy your well deserved retirement!!!
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USNIC's Ice Analyst Christopher Readinger has been interview a few times the past couple of days. Here are a couple of the articles! https://t.co/fQ8zsKDp3X
nytimes.com
The iceberg broke off from the edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf into the Weddell Sea last week, researchers said.
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Arctic Council affirms it: the Arctic is warming at three times the global rate https://t.co/tBiIF6wn1C via @ArcticToday
arctictoday.com
It is time to stop saying that the Arctic, with its melt-and-thaw feedback loops, is warming at twice the global rate, according to a new report. The Arctic is actually warming three times as fast as...
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